Hey, at least we all know now. We know who won’t be playing first base for the Royals. We know who won’t be playing center field for the Royals. We even know who won’t be pitching for the Royals every fifth day. As more and more possibilities come off the board in this crazy free […]
Author: David Lesky
Assessing the Royals Options
From the moment Eric Hosmer walked off the field on October 1 with Lorenzo Cain, Alcides Escobar and Mike Moustakas until late Saturday night, there was hope within much of the fanbase and within much of the front office that it would not be for the last time. News broke that he had agreed to […]
Friday Notes
You know spring training is already in full swing when Ned Yost is giving out snarky quips to reporters like it’s candy on Halloween. It sort of seems like it’s going to be a fun year of listening to Ned snap at questions that he doesn’t deem are worth his time. Maybe it’s because he […]
Three Spring Training Questions
Pitchers and catchers officially report to Surprise this week, so a barrage of pictures and videos of players stretching will likely be coming your way soon. Soon, games will start and assumptions can be made way too soon about this player or that player. Rather than write a whole article about this, I just want […]
Friday Notes
The trucks made it to Surprise and the PECOTA projections are out, so we’re all ready to get started with some baseball in 2018. All that’s missing is like every free agent to sign with teams. But hey, those are some small details. The Royals may or may not be set as we wait to […]
For Starters, the Royals Might Be Okay
In one week, Royals pitchers and catchers will report to spring training in Surprise to begin the 2018 season. There are an inordinate number of questions left to be asked and answered, but one area where I think the Royals may be surprisingly sound is in their starting rotation, at least as of this particular […]
Friday Notes
If you’re expecting a Groundhog Day joke, I might recommend you look elsewhere because you won’t find it here. If you’re expecting a Groundhog Day jo…fine, I lied. Soon, pitchers and catchers will have reported and all will be right with the world again. The team of free agents is still better than like half […]
Baseball Buscemi
One of the things that goes unnoticed in so many great movies is the supporting cast. The stars get all the fanfare, but so often, one of the supporting actors finds a way to steal the show. These character actors can carve out quite a career while staying relatively unknown. One of the most prolific […]
Royals Bring Back Alcides Escobar
Yep. They did it. Why did they do it? I don’t know. Veteran leadership or something silly? But I guess when you have a shortstop who has lost a step and has only had an OBP above .300 once in the last five years, you sort of have to do whatever you can to bring […]
Friday Notes
For the better part of three decades, rooting for the Royals meant rooting for a team that ranged somewhere between horrible and almost average. Then, change began to happen and I think it took some people some time to figure out how exactly to cheer for a good team. You just have to remember how […]